Table Tennis

1/30/2025 |  Major League Table Tennis signs first media deal with CBS Sports (CNBC Sports)

• Major League Table Tennis has signed a national TV deal with CBS Sports.
• CBS Sports Network will air matches, highlights and player profiles.
• The sport has seen a recent uptick in popularity since the Olympics.

10/23/2024 |  World Table Tennis Bringing Smash Event to Las Vegas (SportsTravel) World Table Tennis has announced that Las Vegas will host a United States Smash event from July 3–13, 2025, at the Orleans Arena, the first WTT Series event to be held in the United States.
“We’re excited to bring a WTT Grand Smash to the U.S., the world’s most influential sports market, and showcase our sport on a stage as dynamic as Las Vegas,” said Virginia Sung, chief executive officer of USA Table Tennis. “This premier event will attract new fans, energize our community and inspire future generations of athletes and enthusiasts.”

8/1/2024 |  US table tennis players call for more resources after Jha’s unprecedented Olympic run in Paris (Associated Press (AP)) PARIS (AP) — U.S. Olympians are often medal favorites in the events they compete in.
Not in table tennis, one of the few Olympic sports in which no American has ever won a medal.
In Paris, U.S. competitors are hoping for more exposure — and resources — after Kanak Jha made history by becoming the first American man to reach the round of 16 on Wednesday.

7/23/2024 |  Table Tennis-GoFundMe helps American Jha fulfill Olympic dream (Reuters Sports) Paris, July 23 (Reuters) - Kanak Jha is no stranger to the Olympics, having represented the United States in table tennis at both the Rio and Tokyo Games, but the path to Paris has been his most challenging.
The 24-year-old, the only male table tennis player representing the U.S. in Paris, was banned for a year by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and used a GoFundMe campaign to help support his journey to the Paris Games.

6/7/2024 |  tennis Brazilian to make history at both Olympics and Paralympics (Reuters Sports) SAO PAULO, June 7 (Reuters) - Bruna Alexandre was on edge when she got a late Sunday night phone call from the Brazilian national table tennis coach.
"I thought there was a problem," recalled the decorated one-armed athlete, fresh off a Para Table Tennis gold medal at the Montenegro Open last month.
But her coach's call was a dream come true: she had been selected to compete in this year's Olympic Games.